Any event/incident/issue generally has enough uncertainty as to allow different individuals to grab on to their own facts and shut out others that would counter their perceived narrative. Also known as confirmation bias.

The Brown shooting is a good example, but this facet of human behavior can also apply to watching LSU.

My point is it's cultural. One American culture views this as an isolated incident where an individual/small group either behaved maliciously or negligently or accidentally. Another American culture views this as emblematic of one group suppressing another one.

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Posted by baybeefeetz

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Posted on 12/22/14 at 12:20 am to JRT25

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One American culture views this as an isolated incident where an individual/small group either behaved maliciously or negligently or accidentally. Another American culture views this as emblematic of one group suppressing another one.

Said differently, one group prejudges the situation. Right?

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Posted by the808bass

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Posted on 12/22/14 at 12:22 am to JRT25

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My point is it's cultural. One American culture views this as an isolated incident where an individual/small group either behaved maliciously or negligently or accidentally. Another American culture views this as emblematic of one group suppressing another one.

The problem for the police is that those two categories aren't really determined by culture anymore. I'm as far from the cultural demographic in the second category you list as a person can be. But I'm troubled by modes of policing in our current society. And I see this incident as part of a larger trend that isn't based upon race, but is based on the state versus the civilian. It isn't going to end well without significant changes being effected.

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